taylor hobson ental II ltm lenses

Hello, I was wondering how these lenses perform compared to some
other ltm lenses. I just purchased a 2 inch. f/3.5 Taylor-Hobson
Ental II lens and I am considering a 3.25 inch f/4 Taylor-Hobson
Ental II lens; both cost about 20$. Any info would be appreciated
thank you, Peter

Definitely go for it at $20! The Reid cameras these lenses were meant for were by all accounts better made than the original Leica design they are copied from. And likewise I understand some of the lenses beat the Leica equivalent for image quality, although I couldn't tell you which ones. Either way at $20 it has to be a no-brainer.

The Taylor, Taylor & Hobson 2-inch f/2 Cooke Amotal for the Bell
& Howell Foton (sometimes found converted to LTM) is an
excellent lens. TT&H still make some of the finest cinema
lenses in the world. For $20 a piece, I would buy both lenses!

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson (later Taylor, Hobson, Cooke) designed some of the first large aperture lenses used on 35mm cameras. The Leica 50mm f/1.5 Summarit was built under license from THC, as I believe were other Leitz lenses. THC was acquired by Rank Industries (J. Arthur Rank) in the UK, and later to be peeled-off as a separate entity. I haven't heard much about them in the last few years.

I recall reading somewhere that Zeiss bought an important Taylor Hobson patent, and that this led to early Contax lenses outperforming Leica lenses for a while. Sorry this is rather vague, but I no longer have the book. Be interested to know if anyone can confirm this, however.